Handled The Ball In Test Cricket

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Handled the ball in test cricket.

Handled ball waugh s r. Michael vaughan pictured above was the last batsmen to be dismissed handled the ball in test cricket against india at bangalore in 2001. Out handled the ball a either batsman is out handled the ball if he wilfully touches the ball while in play with a hand or hands not holding the bat unless he does so with the consent of a fielder b either batsman is out under this law if while the ball is in play and without the consent of a fielder he uses his hand or hands not holding. In the second innings of the match the south african russell endean padded away a delivery from jim laker the ball looped off his pads into the air and was falling towards his stumps until endean instinctively knocked it.

There are only nine such incidents in test cricket and only two such dismissals have occurred. Handled the ball rule comes under the law 33 of the laws of cricket which is governed by the marylebone cricket club or the mcc. Handled ball gooch g a. The england and wales cricket board ecb announced the lord s test against bangladesh in 2010 would be played under lights with a pink ball in use but their plans were scuppered when the two.

Australia india ma chidambaram stadium. Handled the ball rule. Handled the ball gooch was given out handled the ball against australia in 1993 if a batsman is worried the ball will roll back on to the stumps after playing a shot they can knock the ball away with the bat feet or pads. Kent batsman sean dickson wrote himself into first class cricket history on sunday after becoming the 62nd player to be dismissed handled the ball.

The first occasion of a batsman being given out handled the ball in international cricket occurred during a test match between south africa and england in cape town in 1957. Handled the ball was a previously a separate method of dismissal now encompassed into obstructing the field. Ways of getting out. Cricket rules law 33 handled the ball.

West indies india wankhede stadium. Handled ball haynes d l. As of september 2017 there have been twenty two instances of players being dismissed unusually in international cricket. Updates to the laws made by the mcc have scrapped the rarely used handled the ball law bringing the total number of official modes of dismissal down from 10 to nine.